Overshoe



(No model.) W. L. SBDGWICK 8!; H. M. ERWIN.

ovnnsnos. I N0. 511,166. Patented Dec. 19, 1893.

YVILLIS L. SEDGVVICK AND HARRY PATENT M. ERlYIN, OF SIOUX CITY, IO\VA.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,166, dated December 19, 1893.

Application filed April 28, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VWILLIs L. SEDGWIOK and HARRY M. ERWIN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Sioux City, in the county of \Voodbury and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Overshoes, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to an improvement in overshoes, and more particularly to that class adapted to protect the feet of persons while skating.

One object of the invention is to provide an overshoe of the above description having cut away portions by which to permit of the clamps on the skates taking hold on the heel and on the' sole, whereby the' skate may be as firmly attached to the shoe as if the overshoe were notemployed.

A further object is to provide an overshoe having openings to permit of the skate clamps taking direct hold upon the sole and heel, and means whereby the said overshoe may be securely fastened upon. the shoe.

lVith these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction of an overshoe as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1, is a side elevation of an overshoe constructed in accordance with the invention,showingthe same provided with openings at the heel-portion to permit the heel clamps of the skate taking direct hold upon the shoe heel. Fig. 2, is a like view showing the overshoe provided with openings both at the heel and atthe side of the sole. Fig. 3, is a bottom View showing portions of the heel and the sole cut away so as to permit the ball of the shoe sole and the heel to rest upon the skate, and showing also a strap for binding the overshoe securely in place. Fig. 4, is a similar view showing a changeof location of the strap, and also a slight difierence in the manner of cutting away the sole ofthe overshoe. Fig. 5, is also a bottom view showing a modified form of sole.

Referring to the drawings, 1, designates the oversh 0e which maybe of any preferred form-that is, of the form of the ordinary overshoe, or having an extension top for protecting the ankles. Ata point near the rear portion of the heel and on each side thereof is an opening 2, through which the heel clamp of the skate projects to contact with the heel of the shoe. As shown in Fig. 1, these openings are arranged near the heel portion, as stated, but if desired openings 3 may be provided near the toe so as to permit the front clamps of the skate taking hold upon the sole of the shoe. In order to permit the heel and the sole to bear upon the skate, so as to cause a firm union between the shoe and the skate, the sole and heel portions of the overshoe are cut away, as shown at 4 and 5, respectively, a portion of the instep 6 being left uncut as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. In order to bind the overshoe firmly upon the shoe proper, a strap 7 is employed which is secured at one end to the overshoe, and is designed at its other end to engage with a button, buckle, orclamp secured to the opposite side of the overshoe. As shown in Fig. 3, this strap extends across the ball of the foot, but if desired the entire sole portion of the overshoe may be cut away,

as shown in Fig. 4, in which instance the strap is arranged at the instep, and thus serves to hold the overshoe in place.

In some instances it maybe desired to dis pense entirely with the use of the strap. The

form of the overshoe in this case is not altered, the instep portion 6 between the heel and thesole portion, as shown in Fig. 5, serving to hold the overshoe in position.

When the overshoe is in use, it is drawn over the shoe and the skate placed in position with the clamps projecting through the openings 2 and 3.

The foregoing description has been confined to the employment of all-clamp skates, but it is to be understood that the overshoe may be employed equally well with the ordinary strap skate, or with the skate employing a heel-plate to hold the heel in place and having clamps at its front end. In the latter instance the opening2 in the heel will allow the button on the skate to engage with the heelplate, and the opening 3 will permit the clamps to engage with the sole.

Having thus full described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

1. An overshoe forskaters use having 0pensole and the heel to contactdirectly with the ings at its sides and heel portions, to permit skate, and a strap arranged on the under surthe skate-clamps to contact directly with the face of the overshoe for securing it in place shoe, and having the Wearing portion of the within the shoe. sole and of the heel cut away to permit the In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our sole and the heel to contact directly with the signatures in the presence of two witnesses. skate.

2. An overshoe for skaters use having opengg ings at its sides and heel portions, to permit the skate-clamps to contact directly with the shoe, and having the wearing portion of the sole and of the heel cut away to permit the i \Vitnesses:

F. F. HALL, WILL R. LANDER. 

